photos by Michel Saive, via his Flickr photostream Michel took both of these photos in Poland and then processed them with the tilt-shift method that makes the subjects look like toys or miniatures. The above bus stop is in Krakow; the photo at right was taken in Krynica. In addition [continue reading]
photo by Andrew E. Miller, via submission I posted yesterday that it would be great to receive more submissions of the local transpo scene and – ta-da! – this photo taken by Andrew at the Gold Line’s Pico-Aliso station landed in our email box. The photo was taken with an [continue reading]
We’ve been running our “art of transit” posts for almost a year. The idea is to feature photography that tells the story of transportation here and elsewhere. There are, after all, some beautiful transit systems across the planet that we can look to for inspiration as Metro continues work on [continue reading]
photo by Manfred Schmidt, via Flickr Manfred took this photo with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone while visiting the L.A. area from Dusseldorf, Germany. As with yesterday’s “art of transit,” it’s another example of how Hipstamatic and other iPhone apps can be used to soup up photos to great [continue reading]
photo by Veronica Eliasson, via her Flickr page This moody photo was taken on the Gold Line with the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone that transformed the bright interior light on the train into all sorts of shades of black, white and gray and also softened the focus — to [continue reading]
In our recent (unscientific) poll of Source readers, 83% report having some sort of smartphone. Android devices are the most popular, just beating out the iPhone. At the same time, over 10% of readers report having no mobile web access at all. Of course, this poll only represents the Source [continue reading]
So far, with 157 votes as of 10am, our mobile device survey shows that, at least amongst our readers, there are just about as many Android users as there are iPhone users. Metro’s initial iPhone offering met with mixed-reviews but it looks like the numbers may reveal that an Android [continue reading]
As Metro beefs up its mobile resources it makes sense to take a look at how transit customers are accessing the mobile web. Metro recently released an iPhone app, and the stats show that the iPhone is the number one mobile device used to access Metro.net – but Android devices [continue reading]
Two weeks ago Metro released Build 1.0 of its Go Metro iPhone app – marking the agency’s first foray into the world of smartphones. The news that Metro released an app for Apple’s popular mobile platform certainly nabbed some headlines, but the app itself has received less than enthusiastic reviews [continue reading]
The Go Metro app is available on the iTunes store for free. To get it, simply visit this link or search for ‘Go Metro’ in the App Store. The app is by Usablenet, a Metro contractor. Here’s the description from the app page: Go Metro to work, shopping, schools or [continue reading]
